Table 1.

Subjects’ characteristics in the different diagnostic groups before age and sex matching.

	Migraine (N = 280)		TTH (N = 661)		Control 1a,b (N = 8,524)		Control 2a,b (N = 1,690)
Age	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
≤39	107	38.21	112	16.94	9	0.11	274	16.21
40–44	39	13.93	58	8.77	470	5.51	180	10.65
45–49	44	15.71	78	11.80	1,088	12.76	173	10.24
50–54	38	13.57	101	15.28	1,106	12.98	306	18.11
55–59	22	7.86	76	11.50	1,649	19.35	265	15.68
60–64	7	2.50	65	9.83	1,463	17.16	172	10.18
65–69	12	4.29	71	10.74	914	10.72	136	8.05
70–74	6	2.14	47	7.11	929	10.90	136	8.05
≥75	5	1.79	53	8.02	896	10.51	48	2.84
Mean (SD)	43.49 (13.59)		53.96 (14.23)		60.15 (10.49)		52.38 (12.98)
Sex	N	%	N	%	N	%	N	%
Male	54	19.29	251	37.97	3,769	44.22	907	53.67
Female	226	80.71	410	62.03	4,755	55.78	783	46.33

^aSignificant difference between the headache group and the control groups 1, 2 (p < 0.0001).

^bSignificant difference between patients with migraines and TTH and the control groups 1, 2 (p < 0.0001).

TTH, tension-type headache.